The Corralitas Red Car Property was a private right-of-way through Silver Lake (Los Angeles) for the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar. The “Big Red Cars” ran until 1955 when the Glendale Line was decommissioned for freeway construction. For almost 40 years, a series of developers tried and failed to develop the Corralitas Red Car Property. It's not a park, it just looks like one.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Photo: Gary Vlahakis, June 11, 2017. The coyote appears to be wearing a tracking collar like one worn by P-22, the Griffith Park mountain lion. (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Sunday morning, a medium-sized coyote was
lying down in the middle of Astro Restaurant's parking lot when Red Car
Property neighbor, Gary Vlahakis pulled in. He'd seen the coyote wearing a collar in the parking lot before. This time, he was able to grab a great photo and some video. The coyote seems to be waiting for breakfast. Vlahakis spoke to workers in the restaurant, where he learned the coyote is a regular visitor. Vlahakis advised them not to feed the coyote as it is not only against the law, but it encourages the coyote to associate humans with food. Clearly this one has no fear of humans. At least the trash dumpster, a potential food source, is closed.

We forwarded the video and photo to the researcher conducting the Los Angeles urban coyote study with the National Park Service via one of their volunteers who is a Red Car Property neighbor.

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Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
Contact: redcarproperty@gmail.com

Community Residents’ Association for Parks is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 1997 by our Silver Lake neighborhood. We are dedicated to acquisition and preservation of the Corralitas Red Car Property as a park in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.